[Ord. 303, 5/14/1958, § 1]
No person or persons shall destroy or injure in any manner whatsoever,
or tamper with, deface or remove any public property of the Borough
of Morton, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, or any grass, walk, lamp,
ornamental work, buildings, street light, street sign, traffic warning
sign, vehicle regulation sign, parking meter, parking standard, fire
hydrant or water or gas stop box on any of the streets, alleys, parks
or other public grounds in the Borough.
[Ord. 303, 5/14/1958, § 2]
No person or persons shall in any manner interfere with or meddle
with or pull, drive, change, alter, or destroy any stake, post, monument
or other evidence of any elevation, grade, line, location, corner,
or angle in the Borough of Morton, made, placed or set, or hereafter
made, placed or set, or caused to be done by the authorities of said
Borough in any survey of or in any street, alley, park or other public
ground in the Borough, to evidence the elevation, line, grade, location,
corner or angle of any public street, alley, sidewalk, curb, gutter,
sewer, or other public work, matter or thing.
[Ord. 303, 5/14/1958, § 3]
No person shall wilfully or maliciously destroy or remove or
deface or obliterate or cover up any lamp, warning sign, or barricade
erected by the authorities of the Borough or by any person, firm,
or corporation doing work by permission of the authorities of the
Borough on any of the streets, alleys, parks, sidewalks, bridges,
or other public grounds in the Borough, as a warning of danger.
[Ord. 303, 5/14/1958, § 4]
No person or persons shall take any earth, stone or other material
from any of the streets, alleys, parks or other public grounds in
the Borough.
[Ord. 303, 5/14/1958, § 5]
This Part shall not apply to normal activities in connection
with the construction, maintenance, and repair of streets, alleys,
parks, sidewalks, and public grounds and the structures and fixtures
located thereon, nor to incidental results of work thereon or therein
upon permit from an authority of the Borough.
[Ord. 303, 5/14/1958, § 6; as amended by Ord. 731,
2/11/2015]
1.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of
this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a magisterial
district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary
offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs together
with reasonable attorney fees and, in default of payment of said fine
and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day
that a violation of this Part continues or each section of this Part
which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate
offense.
2.
Prosecution under Subsection 1 of this section shall not be an election of remedies and the Borough hereby reserves its right to proceed against any violator at law to prohibit or enjoin any conduct and/or for assessment and recovery of damages resulting from any conduct or condition created by the violator.
